Associations to the word «Serpula»

Wiktionary

SERPULA, noun. (zoology) Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
SERPULA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Serpulidae   — sessile marine annelid tube worms.
SERPULA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Serpulaceae   — certain fungi, including that causing dry rot in structural timber.

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